后来居上 (後來居上) hòulái jū shàng
hòulái jū shàng
set phrase
late-comer lives above; the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '後來居上')
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- 卷47 列傳第39 藝術 Volume 47 Biographies 39: Artists Book of Zhou 周書 — count: 1
- 卷八十二 列傳第七十: 儒林下 Volume 82 Biographies 70: Confucian Scholars 2 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1